And you know, run groups are going to be a tossup
in 2002. The Stock classes are thrown up in the air, so our
historical numbers won't be of much help.
Good luck to us all.
Jerry
Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org Laissez les bons temps
rouler!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vernon Head" <vhead@radar.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: TECH AT BOONDOGGLE BY THE BAY
> on 11/5/01 2:31 PM, Kelly, Katie at kkelly@spss.com wrote:
>
> > Okay, Arnold, I will try.
> >
> > Ahem.
> >
> > Vernon?
> >
> > Katie
>
>
> Thanks a lot, Katie!
>
> The dictionary defines the word boondoggle as a "useless or wasteful
project
> or activity". This is a great description of Opening Day, in my opinion.
Way
> too many people, way too little time, and inept chairs (I'm speaking for
> myself) have always given me this sense of comedy surrounding this event.
So
> Katie and I were talking one day about a name, and it just came out of
> nowhere.
>
> What we are really doing with this name is masking our feelings of fear
and
> doubt with humor. Will group 8 get only 2 runs? Or none? Will run group 6
> have 150 drivers? Will the timers go down for 45 minutes? Who knows? But
at
> the end of the day it will just be another Boondoggle.
>
> Alright, it's a dumb name. But it's fun.
>
> -Vernon
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